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Air Force Vet Kat Maier Finds Community at Stony Brook

“It’s my family away from my family, right? I feel like I have a really strong support system with the people that I’ve met here,” said Katherine Maier. Katherine “Kat” Maier is known to her friends and colleagues...

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Van Nieuwenhuizen Accepts Breakthrough Prize in Star-Studded Ceremony

Peter van Nieuwenhuizen, distinguished professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Physics and the C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics at Stony Brook University, accepted a...

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Peter Davis ’20 Takes a Hands-On Approach to Civil Engineering

Peter Davis has been captivated by the sciences for as long as he can remember. “Where my childhood friends would watch action-packed cartoons, all I ever wanted to watch was the Science Channel,” Davis said...

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Tethered Chem Combos Could Revolutionize Artificial Photosynthesis

Stony Brook University graduate student Lei Wang is part of a team of scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) who have doubled the efficiency of a chemical combo that captures light and splits water molecules...

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Aspiring Singer Follows Dream Through Stony Brook

The road to any dream can be long and winding, and the dreamer rarely knows how long the road will be. Analise Buker ’21, however, knows exactly how far away she is from her dream: 55 miles, the distance between Stony...

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Suparna Rajaram Receives 2019 Clifford T. Morgan Distinguished Leadership Award

The Psychonomic Society has named Suparna Rajaram a recipient of the 2019 Clifford T, Morgan Distinguished Leadership Award, which honors individuals for their significant contributions to the field of cognitive...

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Student Researcher Mary Bertschi ’19 is at Home in the World

“I feel like if I had been in a different school or a larger department I wouldn’t have had the connections I have had, or found out about the internships and experiences I have enjoyed,” said Mary Bertschi ’19...

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Veeramah Awarded ERC Funding to Study DNA from Medieval Europe

Krishna R. Veeramah will be continuing his pioneering research into ancient DNA with funding from a $10 million grant awarded by the European Research Council (ERC). The ERC’s 2019 Synergy grants include funding for a...

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Mikhail Lyubich Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Stony Brook University Distinguished Professor of Mathematics Mikhail Lyubich has been honored with membership to the elite American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), which recognizes the outstanding achievements of...

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Paul Shepson Awarded for Research on Greenhouse Gas Emission Rates

Paul Shepson, Dean of the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, has received a $1.1 million award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for his project, “Observations, Analysis, and...

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SBUHacks Showcases Student Skill and Creativity

The 2019 edition of SBUHacks, an annual 24-hour hackathon event celebrating the ingenuity and creativity of student coders, took place on the weekend of September 20-21 in the Melville Library. More than 375 students...

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Tireless Visionary David Ferguson to be Remembered in Campus Tribute

When Professor David Ferguson, Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Technology and Society, died last summer at the age of 69, he left behind a legacy that will help pave the way for future generations...

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Heather Lynch at the Blavatnik Award Ceremony

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Heather Lynch Receives Blavatnik Award at Ceremony in NYC

Ecology & Evolution Professor Heather Lynch was honored at the 2019 Blavatnik National Awards Ceremony for Young Scientists at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan on September 23. The award includes...

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Game Theory Predicts Serious Obstacles to Climate Agreement

Game theory analysis shows that much of the burden for renewing the Paris Agreement on Climate Change would fall on large developing countries, such as China and India, which would need to take action to reduce their...

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Reflecting on the Life of Ashley Schiff 50 Years Later

Ashley Schiff was passionate in everything he did. He never came to class to merely lecture. He would prod and show great delight when students delivered the proper responses. This Fall, we sadly observe the 50th...

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Sydney Bell ‘22 Receives Long Island Business News “30 Under 30” Award

Sophomore Sydney Bell has been selected as an honoree of the Long Island Business News (LIBN) “30 Under 30” Award. The award honors bright and dynamic young professionals under the age of 30 who contribute to the Long...

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Can Machine Learning Awaken Coma Patients?

I. Memming Park, Stony Brook’s 2019 Discovery Prize winner, built his first artificial neural network when he was in middle school. That long-held interest in how the brain works influenced his award-winning research...

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Psychology Professor Awarded for Upcoming Teenage Autism Study

Autism expert Matthew Lerner, an associate professor of Psychology, Psychiatry, and Pediatrics at Stony Brook University, has received the 2019 Richard “Dick” Abidin Early Career Award and Grant from the Society of...

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Category - Faculty/Student Spotlights

Air Force Vet Kat Maier Finds Community at Stony Brook

Van Nieuwenhuizen Accepts Breakthrough Prize in Star-Studded Ceremony

Peter Davis ’20 Takes a Hands-On Approach to Civil Engineering

Tethered Chem Combos Could Revolutionize Artificial Photosynthesis

Aspiring Singer Follows Dream Through Stony Brook

Suparna Rajaram Receives 2019 Clifford T. Morgan Distinguished Leadership Award

Student Researcher Mary Bertschi ’19 is at Home in the World

Veeramah Awarded ERC Funding to Study DNA from Medieval Europe

Mikhail Lyubich Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Paul Shepson Awarded for Research on Greenhouse Gas Emission Rates

SBUHacks Showcases Student Skill and Creativity

Tireless Visionary David Ferguson to be Remembered in Campus Tribute

Heather Lynch Receives Blavatnik Award at Ceremony in NYC

Game Theory Predicts Serious Obstacles to Climate Agreement

Reflecting on the Life of Ashley Schiff 50 Years Later

Sydney Bell ‘22 Receives Long Island Business News “30 Under 30” Award

Can Machine Learning Awaken Coma Patients?

Psychology Professor Awarded for Upcoming Teenage Autism Study

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